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Choose your Username. For the privacy and safety of you and/or your sailor, NO LAST NAMES ARE ALLOWED, even if your last name differs from that of your sailor (please make sure your URL address does not include your last name either). Also, please do not include your email address in your user name. Go to "Settings" above to set your Username. While there, complete your Profile so you can post and share photos and videos of your Sailor and share stories with other moms!
Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!
Join groups! Browse for groups for your PIR date, your sailor's occupational specialty, "A" school, assigned ship, homeport city, your own city or state, and a myriad of other interests. Jump in and introduce yourself! Start making friends that can last a lifetime.
Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak
All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.
Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC
...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.
OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind. In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships." OPSEC is everyone's responsibility.
DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.
DO be smart, use your head, always think OPSEC when using texts, email, phone, and social media, and watch this video: "Importance of Navy OPSEC."
Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:
Events
**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:
In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.
**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.
RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021
Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.
Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
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- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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Discussion Forum
How long is A School for AD?
Started by imomxfour x 3 Sailors. Last reply by melbell Oct 4, 2017. 6 Replies 0 Likes
So how exactly does the squadron thing work?
Started by rmb. Last reply by Jakesmom Jun 30, 2014. 9 Replies 1 Like
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Comment by UrabissWife on May 1, 2013 at 10:54pm
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jskmom my husband and I are on Whidbey island :) its beautiful here. what is your sons rate and maybe I can give you a better picture of what he is going through right now :)
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Comment by jskmom/Linda on May 1, 2013 at 9:55pm
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My son is at Whidbey Island now. He got there yesterday. Anyone else have a son/daughter there? Wanting some info on what happens next. He and I spoke for 5 minutes yesterday after he got home from his first and before he had to go to PT. So far I know he will be working in the hangar M-F from 7 am to 3 or 4 and then PT after work. I wanted him to call me last night, so we could talk more about his day, but he never did. :-(
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Comment by MomOfFutureAM (Ship12Div387) on April 30, 2013 at 12:42pm
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Sorry everybody...my daughter is a AM...
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there is only 1 female AD in my husbands shop, but within his squadron there is quit a bit. you have the AE AM LS and I think there are more rates within a squadron those are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head. since they are all in the same hanger, the females usually hang out so there are not a lot. the female AD is only there because when she joined she was listed as "open" so the navy stuck here where they needed her
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Comment by Valtameri on April 29, 2013 at 7:10pm
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There aren't very many female ADs in my son's squadron, but I think females make up 16% of enlisted sailors, so I guess it is fairly representative.
I asked my son if there was any difference between the males and females as far as workload, and he said the females just didn't carry as many chains on the flight deck. :)
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what is it like for a female with rate of AD? is there alot of females with this rate?
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Comment by imomxfour x 3 Sailors on April 18, 2013 at 11:30am
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You're awesome Linda!!! Hopefully we can find a time to chat on the phone soon, call me anytime you get a chance...this next 10-14 days are going to be crazy busy for us, but then I should be able to take a breather for a bit! ;-) Off to check the rest of my email now, and then time to get working!! (((HUGS)))
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Hi back! Your daughter and I are now Facebook friends. I told her to have you give me her address for boot camp so I can write her. :-)
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Hi Linda!!!!
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Jensmom, is your daughter graduating on the 25th? My son started classes for AD the same time as your daughter. He just got his orders. He is going to Washington. How about your daughter? Where is she going?
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